According to the report, the arresting officer alleges that when Jared stopped talking he hindered the officers ability to do his job and that is where the obstruction arrest came from. Ummm, I’m no legal expert or anything, but I do know how to read, and I’m pretty sure one of those amendments in the bill of rights specifically recognizes that American citizens have the right to remain silent when speaking with law
Is it me or there is a bunch of bruised egos on the side of “The Law”? Because this is getting stupid big in an accelerated way. Maybe that town needs a nice lawsuit to remind them about abuses of power and the Constitution.
The story at GunsSaveLives apparently has been updated (also the source). It says that the boy refused to stop talking and that his continued talking obstructed the officer. Still, yeah, bruised egos. The city needs to be slapped around with a lawsuit for trying to suppress his speech.
The whole thing is an infringement of his First Amendment right of free speech, anyway. As one of the commenter on the linked-to site asked, what would have happened if it were a Brady Campaign shirt?